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André Frédéric Cournand
Born	September 24, 1895 Paris
Died	February 19, 1988
Nationality	France
Fields	physiology
Institutions	College of Physicians and Surgeons
Known for	cardiac catheterization
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)

André Frédéric Cournand (September 24, 1895 – February 19, 1988) was a French physician and physiologist.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 along with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards for the development of cardiac catheterization.

Born in Paris, Cournand emigrated to the United States in 1930 and, in 1941, became a naturalized citizen. For most of his career, Cournand was a professor at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and worked at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Many seats of medical research have recognized his work, and he has received the Anders Retzius Silver Medal of the Swedish Society for Internal Medicine (1946), the Lasker Award of the United States Public Health Association (1949), the John Philipps Memorial Award of the American College of Physicians (1952), the Gold Medal of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique and of the Académie Nationale de Médecine, Paris (1956). He was elected Doctor (honoris causa) of the Universities of Strasbourg (1957), Lyon (1958), Brussels (1959), Pisa (1961), and D.Sc. of the University of Birmingham (1961).

References

• Kenéz, J (Nov 1975). "A.F. Cournand, pioneer in respiratory function testing". Orvosi hetilap 116 (46): 2725–7. PMID 1105289.  
• Riley, R L (Oct 1971). "The award of the Trudeau Medal for 1971 (Andre F. Cournand)". Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 104 (4): 615–7. PMID 4937533.  

External links

• Nobel biography